One Stitch at a Time: January 2011

Current Charity Project

Our current project is collecting handmade donations for Rush Copley Medical Center's NICU. They have a Level III NICU and accept preemies as young as 23 weeks gestation, low birth weight infants as small as 450 grams, babies born with congenital conditions or medical complications, infants requiring special care or surgery, and of course healthy full-term infants.

The NICU is most in need of blankets for the babies in the hospital. They can range from 12 inches to 36 inches. We hope to provide at least 500 blankets for the babies at Rush Copley.

The NICU also needs hats, booties, and headbands. The average full-term infant needs hats that are 11-15 inches circumference and 5-6 inches from top to brim. Preemie hats of various sizes are also needed. Our goal is to provide 1000 hats and as many booties and headbands as we can collect for the babies at Rush Copley.

The hospital asks that all yarn be SOFT and machine washable/dryable - any fiber type or color is ok if it meets these 2 requirements. Please use your best judgement on yarn choice, for example, make tiny preemie hats out of fingering or baby weight yarn, etc.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

NICU Project Update

We've been off to a slow start since college has been on Winter Break. The club met again after nearly a month off just a couple days ago, so we should be chugging along soon. The club members won't be able to accomplish our goal of 500 blankets and 1000 hats alone though, we need YOUR help! Please, consider making a few hats, blankets, headbands, or booties for our project.

These are donations that have been completed recently. Thank you to all who have contributed!

Blanket #11
Lindsey Winter

Blanket #12
Lindsey Winter

Hat #60-62
Lindsey Winter

Hat #63-66
Lindsey Winter

Blanket #13
Lindsey Winter

Hat #67-70
Lindsey Winter

Hat #71-73
Lindsey Winter

Hat #74-76
Lindsey Winter

Hat #77-80
Lindsey Winter

Hat #81-82
Lindsey Winter

Hat #83 Booties #7
Jennifer from South Carolina

Headband #31
Lindsey Winter

Booties #8-10
Lindsey Winter

Hat #84-85
Lucille Winter

Hat #86-88
Lucille Winter

Booties #11-13
Lucille Winter

Booties #14
Lucille Winter

Hat #89-91
Lucille Winter

Hat #92-94
Lucille Winter

Hat #95-99
Lucille Winter

Booties #15-16
Found in a yarn donation

Hat #100-102
found in a yarn donation

Hat #103-105
found in a yarn donation

Hat #106-107
Lucille Winter

Hat #108-110
Lucille Winter

Hat #111-114
Lucille Winter

Hat #115-117
Lucille Winter

Hat #118
Lindsey Winter

Blanket #14
Lucille Winter

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Just Getting Started

We are just getting started on our NICU project. Jump in and help out!

To clarify, blankets can be any shape you wish. They do not need to be square. The blankets can range in size from as small as 12 inches for the smallest preemies up to newborn size (approximately 36 inches).

A BIG THANK YOU to Sue of St. Charles, IL for dropping off a ton of great baby yarn.

Now on to the items we've finished: